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A LibriVox recording of Selected Poems of John Clare, Volume 1.
Selected and read by David Barnes.
John Clare (1793 - 1864) was a farm labourer in the village of Helpstone, Northamptonshire, who became arguably England’s greatest nature poet. He rose to fame when his ‘Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery’ was published in 1820. His language preserves many local dialect words in a mixture of classical forms and heart-felt love of country life and nature. The poems in this collection are from his early career, and are largely free of pointers to his later mental illness.
(Summary by David Barnes).
This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio
Artist/Composer: John Clare
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; poetry; nature
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
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| selected_poems_of_john_clare_vol_1_librivox_64kb_mp3.zip | 64Kbps MP3 ZIP | 17.1 MB |
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| 01- The Setting Sun |
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| 02 - A Scene |
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| 03 - The Harvest Morning |
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| 04 - Noon |
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| 05 - What is Life? |
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| 06 - Summer |
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| 07 - Ballad |
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| 08 - To My Cottage |
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| 09 - Joys of Youth |
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| 10 - The Meeting |
1.4 MB
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| 11 - Winter |
1.2 MB
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700.9 KB
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| 12 - Sudden Shower |
1.1 MB
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| 13 - Careless Rambles |
1.1 MB
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| 14 - Bloomfield (I) |
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| 15 - Woodland Thoughts |
1.3 MB
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| 16 - The Heath |
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| 17 - Winter in the Fens |
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| 18 - Sabbath Bells |
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| 19 - An Idle Hour |
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| 20 - Winter Fields |
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| selected_poems_of_john_clare_vol_1_librivox_meta.xml | Metadata | 1.5 KB |
| selected_poems_of_john_clare_vol_1_librivox_reviews.xml | Metadata | 1.3 KB |
Reviewer:
stbalbach -
Subject:
John Clare, Vol 1
David Barnes is one of LibriVox's best narrators (Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde, Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, Oscar Wilde's Canterville Ghost and Gustave Flaubert's Three Short Works). John Clare is one of England's best poets of the 19th century. The two combined make for a wonderful listen. Clare's poems are like music (hear for example #16 "The Hedge"). The poems are short and reward multiple listens. To pick 4 favorites they would be (in no order): #15 "Woodland Thoughts", #5 "What is Life", #12 "Sudden Shower", #19 "An Idle Hour".
[STB, 1/2010, 13573]